Watch Jerry Griswold’s Zoom (Bedroom) Book Launch

Join an international crew of guests as they discuss Jerry Griswold’s new “Behind Children’s Books”

Jerry Griswold
1 min readMay 19, 2020

Everything is different this year. My new Behind Children’s Books is available from Amazon as a paperback ($9.95; 148 pp) or can downloaded as an e-book ($7.95). But what about a book launch, now that bookstores are shuttered? Well, if Billie Eilish can turn out great music from her bedroom, I figured I could do something similar…

On May 17, I launched the book via Zoom from my spare bedroom. An illustrious international crew was assembled. The result was a really brilliant and hilarious cocktail party.

You can watch an amusing excerpt (11m, 34s) from that party where I talk about the book, by clicking here:

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Jerry Griswold

Writer/critic/professor/journalist: children’s literature, culture, film, travel. Seven books, 100's of essays in NY&LA Times.